question for chess addicts: when the pawn gets at the end of the board and can get promoted it can become anything (except king). is there any situation where it would be useful to not promote it to queen? bc every other piece seems kinda useless to imo

what the hell is happening in south korea

squid game wasn't that unrealistic after all

after jailbreaking my kindle and discovering how poorly its software is written i'm just more convinced that buying an e-ink screen with a low-cost raspberry pi and make my own was a better option

in my house there are literally 0 devices that run windows 😁

chat how is it possible that the matrix, a film written by two trans sisters, whose meaning is to escape the brainwashing and the brutality of the ruling class (the AIs) to see the truth, which is that humans are used as power sources (literally the value of labor stolen by the capitalists), was co-opted by the alt-right and by misogynist incels?

Court strikes down US net neutrality rules (Score: 150+ in 12 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6kvhF
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6kvhF

btw i swear hacker news need to read fucking marx

Although I applaud net neutrality advocates, something greater must be done: the takedown of large corporations and rebuilding them from scratch.

people can be so smart in specific sectors, but when it comes to society at large they won't be able to form a thought without contradicting themselves, since their only form of education about it is brainwash

https://youtu.be/inJUFqeJehE
PEAK OMFG

my history teacher gave us fucking propaganda to watch about the "israel-palestine conflict" (aka genocide)
i'm gonna shoot myself rn

if i was the world's dictator this would be true

chat

for a minute i thought that marine le pen was dead bc of marie le pen which is dead

still